The Love Monster Graduates – Swedish Style!

The "Love Monster" Graduates!

I found the cute Swedish Graduation cap at our local scrapbooking store yesterday, and I knew immediately what to do with it. When I found the washi tape with the Swedish flags, I just decided I needed it as well!

I love how the washi tape works as banners, and it's really super simple - I just tore the ends!

Summer is near! 

I almost can't believe it!

Have a lovely weekend!

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Stamps:

Paper Smooches – Falling For You

My Stamp Box – Swedish Sentiments

Dies:

Simon Says Stamp – Talk Bubbles

Cardstock:

Bazzil (blue)

Other:

Washi tape (“Sweden” from YouDo)

3D Stickers (“Student” from YouDo)

Swedish ribbon

Copics

Glossy Accent

Patterned paper from Basic Grey (What’s up?)

Pretty amazing

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Just a small card today! I made the background all by myself and yes, it took awhile. But I think it was so worth it! :)
Hope you like it too!

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Stamps:

Papersmooches – Spring Fling

Simon Says Clear Stamps STAMPtember™ FOR THE RECORD Exclusive

Free magazine stamp - daisy

Other:

Simon Says Stamp - talk bubbles dies

White and purple cardstock

Copic markers

Memento tuxedo black ink

Versafine onyx black ink

Cheer up Grumpasaurus!

You know, I just had to!
The classic photo from Jurassic Park 1 (the scene that always makes me cry, because I can finally see the dinosaurs "and they move in herds - they do move in herds"...) and the cheerful but dangerous dinosaur from Paper Smooches - a match made in heaven (?!!)
I couldn't help myself! Hope you like it, anyway!

Stuff used:

Paper Smooches stampset "Cuteasaurus"
Memento tuxedo black ink
White embossing powder
Eye from Panduro
Copic markers
Green cardstock from Panduro
Photo from the old JP movie
Foam dimensionals

In the Sun!

It's time for part 2 of my brick wall greeting cards.
I had just enough brick wall and ivy for 2 cards and here comes the second.
Hope you like it!

Stuff I used:

Stamps:

Paper Smooches – Perky Plants

The Octopode Factory - Castle stamp

Dies:

Cottage Cutz - Ivy die

Cottage Cutz - Rustic fence die

PTI: Cloud I & 2 die collection

Tim Holtz Sizzix BRICKED Texture Fades Embossing Folder

Distress ink:

Rusty hinge

Spiced marmalade

Vintage photo

Black soot

Memento ink – Tuxedo black

Huge Recolection bling stone from my friend Cheryl. (Thank you, Cheyl!!!)

Copics

Cardstock:

Panduro (blue, brown, greens and grey)

Stamper’s select white

Patterned paper from my stash

Smooch Pearlized Accent ink – Nautical Navy

Brown bling stones (Panduro)

A Birthday Card

 

I don't know... but it actually looks like the bird told the pig that he's invited! The bird can probably read the sign. I don't know about you, but I'd like to hear the rest of this story! 

 

Stuff used:
Stamps: Paper smooches - Surf and Turf, Green Acres
Hero Arts: CLOUDS s5215

MFT: Howdy

Cottage Cutz - Rustic fence die, Cottage Cutz - Ivy die, MFT- Western star border duo die-namics, MFT - Howdy frames die-namics

Kraft card stock, PTI stamper's select white cardstock, Brown Panduro cardstock

Memento Tuxedo black ink
Brilliance Pearlescent Sky blue ink
Distress ink: Frayed Burlap

Versa Color: Pinecone

PTI: Dark Chocolate and Classic Kraft

Copics

Tiny piece of twine

A Hamster in the Wild West

I've had the riding hamster planned in my head since I saw the Paper Smooches set "Buckaroo" for the very first time. Well, here he is - with lasso and all!
I'm entering this card to Paper Smooches SPARKS Feb. 11-17 Designer Drafts Challenge!
Please wish me luck! :)

Well, if you turn it around, you can see I kept the draft! I love how different the same draft can look if you translate it a bit freely!

Stuff used:
Stamps: Paper smooches - Buckaroo, Party posse
Hero Arts: CLOUDS s5215

Cottage Cutz - Rustic fence die, MFT- Western star border duo die-namics, MFT - Country Charms Die-namics, Die-versions - Saloon Door
Kraft card stock, PTI stamper's select white cardstock, Brown Panduro cardstock

Memento Tuxedo black ink
Brilliance Pearlescent Sky blue ink
Distress ink: Frayed Burlap

Faber-Castell Pitt Oil based black chalk pen
Copics

Stickles: Orange, Vintage Photo
Tiny piece of twine
Bling stones and googly eye from Panduro

Dreams of Spring

And now for something completely different!
I long for spring! A bit obvious, huh?


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Stuff used:

Stamp set: Paper Smooches – Perky Plants

Dies:

Cottage Cutz - Ivy die

Cottage Cutz - Rustic fence die

PTI: Cloud I & 2 die collection

Tim Holtz Sizzix BRICKED Texture Fades Embossing Folder

Distress ink:

Rusty hinge

Spiced marmalade

Vintage photo

Black soot

Memento ink – Tuxedo black

Copics

Cardstock:

Panduro (blue, brown, greens and grey(the original colour of the brick wall!)

Stamper’s select white

Smooch Pearlized Accent ink – Nautical Navy

Brown bling stones (Panduro)

Happy Frankintine!

Not all couples start out in the springtime! Frankie here for example, seems to have fallen for someone at Halloween. Believe it or not, but it's a brand new card! I just got a wonderful autumn die that I had to try out!
I'm entering this card in the Paper Smooches's Heart Challenge!

Stuff used:
Stamp: Paper Smooches - Halloweenies
Other: Martha Stewart graveyard punch, black lace, PTI cardstock (ripe avocado), Patterned paper (Memory box - Blackbird 6x6 and Melissa Frances - Kitchy Kitchen 6x6), CottageCutz - autumn border die, bling stones, black, brown, orange and green cardstock from Panduro, confetti - bats, EK Success heart punch (tiny).

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! :)

The Duke wishes a Merry Christmas to all!

I've decided to enter this card in the Paper Smooches SPARKS challence "everything goes".  :D
As you already know Paper Smooches has the best stamps ever!

I was really bummed out because I haven't had much time to make cards for Halloween this year...
Making up for it, here is the third card in the "Silly Series".
I don't know what happened, it just assembled itself ( - almost)!
So... one of my most serious stamped backgrounds (alcohol inks, glossy paper and real red rubber stamps with archival ink) - and a bat from Paper Smooches - Voilà!

This card also reminds me of a December when a bat lived in the main hall of a school, because it was a particularly cold December. On the last day of school, when everyone was gathered in the main hall (and it was the first time the main hall was used in a long time) the bat started to have a flight show during the Christmas songs. The bat was flying out of the hall eventually, and some teachers let it out. The bat went back inside the main hall after the celebration was finished, and survived the harsh winter.
The next year, there was no bat living in the main hall, but when the headmaster started his yearly speech, it was not his usual speech. To all the participants' delight he read a letter from "The Duke", the bat from the year before, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Stuff used:
Stamps: Falling for you (Paper Smooches), B Line Designs - Lizzie's Home, Crafty Individuals 209
Other: Copics, twine, Memento tuxedo black ink, alcohol inks, Ranger archival ink (jet black), blingstones, glossy cardstock, blue cardstock from Panduro.

Silly Birthday Cows... I mean Cards.

 

I've decided to enter the first of these cards in the Paper Smooches SPARKS challence "everything goes". 
The stamps from Paper Smooches are always making me laugh out loud !

Grattis på födelsedagen = Congrats on your birthday!
And sorry about the light. I live in Sweden and it's not ever much light at this time of the year!

I have two cards for you today. I was complaining to my crafty friends that I don't know what's wrong with me, because I've been trying to come up with a serious card all week, but this is what comes out instead! Birthday cards - featuring cows! Well, I guess I needed a good laugh! Don't we all?

Heavy embossing on glossy cardstock. You can hear the soundtrack to this mooovie, right? :D
I do. I know it's just in my head, but it's there!

"Oh, and I got a tractor for my birthday! The other cows in the barn will be so jealous!"

Stuff used:
Card 1: The Lonesome cowb...oh, sorry I mean bull!
Stamps:
Way out west (WMS), Chubby Chums (Paper Smooches), Creative Expressions: U-Mount Create-A-Scene Unmounted Stamp Set - Countryside, Slöjddetaljer 8962 from 2012/13.
Alcohol inks on glossy paper, Ranger archival inks, Versafine black onyx... and some brownish hybrid inkpad...
Brown twine.
Cardstock from Panduro (I think!)
Copics.

Card 2: Every Cow should have a tractor!
Stamps:Green Acres (Paper Smooches), Oxford impressions - Country girl, Slöjddetaljer 8962 from 2012/13.
Alcohol inks on glossy paper, Ranger archival inks, Versafine black onyx.
PTI dark chocolate ribbon
Copics.

A Professor in the Corner

A detail.

R and I are cooperating on a layout! Yay!!! I'm not allowed to show the whole thing, because there's lots of people in it that haven't agreed to be published...
...But here is the professor from Paper Smooches!
(My cards are coming later...)

The farmer's egg

Sets used: Wake up and Green Acres.
The background is from another company (TSG's Oh Crop!) and is there to show that the little farmer from Green Acres fits perfectly in all kinds of rural communities! (And fits even on holidays in the Middle East - as we've seen before!)

Here is my little happy farmer again with his good egg! To make the "old photo" I used only brown shades of copics and lots of Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
What do you think of his Van Gogh-hat? To make it look like that, I used both copics and Distress Markers (especially Picket Fence!). I'm not sure you should use them both, but it worked! :)
Up close and personal, it has a somewhat felty look! It turned out pretty cool - though I'm not really sure you can see it!

The Farmer on vacation

Sets used: Zoo Crew, Surf and Turf, Wake Up, Get Outta Town, Green Acres and Little Lady.

Ah, you know the drill by now! :) Once more: the farmer on Holiday!
(Every day is a much better day with a huge ice cream, right?)
You probably figured out that the waves and the sand dunes are the same stamp. (It's the waves from Surf and Turf!)
To make the water I cut out a piece of patterned paper and drew a circle with a marker, all around.

The shy giraffe

Sets used: Zoo Crew, Surf and Turf, Green Acres and Promenade.

InLinkz doesn't want me to publish more pics from the same post, so here it is, once more.
(I hope this scene makes you smile!)

Paper Smooches card again....

Sets used: Swanky Snowdudes, Surf and Turf
(God Jul = Merry Christmas in Swedish.)

InLinkz (used for entering here) doesn't want me to publish more pics from the same post so here is the Snowfamily on Ice - once more!
Oh, I think I forgot to mention that the letters I've used are from MFT (their Typewriter Alphabet set).

My Paper Smooches cards...

Sets used: Promenade, Happy Camper, Promenade, Party Posse
("Ha en jättebra födelsedag" = "Have a great birthday" in Swedish)
The footprints are stamped with Memento London Fog ink. I've used patterned paper and lots of copics and Memento Tuxedo Black ink... Of course I had to use my beloved bling stones as stars! (I think that's all.)

Falling completely in love with Paper Smooches stamps I decided to try out for the PS guest DT spot in August. Please wish me luck!

(Here is the total collection! InLinkz doesn't want me to publish more pics from the same post, I'm sorry if my new posts becomes a bit repetitive!)

Sets used: Swanky Snowdudes, Surf and Turf
(God Jul = Merry Christmas in Swedish.)

Sets used: Zoo Crew, Surf and Turf, Green Acres and Promenade.

The tree is made from layers of stamped (and masked) trees from the Promenade set!
I hope you can see the dimension that is added!

Oh, and how about a farmer on vacation?

Sets used: Zoo Crew, Surf and Turf, Wake Up, Get Outta Town, Green Acres and Little Lady.

I like to build up dimension, though I think it's a bit hard to see it...

Sets used: Wake up and Green Acres.
The background is from another company (TSG's Oh Crop!) and is there to show that the little farmer from Green Acres fits perfectly in all kinds of rural communities! (And fits even in other settings, like having a holiday in the Middle East - as we've seen before!)

See, he checks each egg! This egg has quite a bit of dimension foam under it, but how on earth do I show it in a pic?

Sets used: Green Acres, Party Posse, Smoocheroos and Promenade.
This is the same card I used with the last PS SPARKS challenge, though I add it here too!

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge July 1-8 Trends Watch challenge

As my dear blog readers probably already know, I found out (rather recently) that I really enjoy Paper Smooches! 

The new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge uses the image of this cool cart as our inspiration:

(Hmmm... easy? Not. But after awhile I started to think "stripes"... And I can see them use this very cart in the stores - if they have any carts there!)

I hope you like my little scene with the black cat who accidentally adopts a little fox! (Who knows what happens in the city? Once I found a badger in the heart of the city, and my city is the 5th or 6th biggest in Sweden!)

Hope you have a lovely Saturday!



Stuff used:

Paper Smooches Stamps:
Promenade
Green Acres
Party Posse
Smoocheroos

Other:
Grey card stock, special copics paper, copics, twine, dimension foam and Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Paper Smooches Pro Me!

I know it's old news now, but I want to tell you that I won the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge with my card from the post below:

This one!

To say that I was happy is an understatement! (I just couldn't believe it!)
I guess you'll see more Paper Smooches on my blog now, because I won 2 sets! Paper Smooches are becoming my favourites. I just love how fun and silly they are!

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SWEDISH:
Jag vet att det redan är gamla nyheter, men jag ville i alla fall berätta att jag vann  Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge med mitt kort.
Jag kunde först inte fatta det! Jag fick scrolla ner flera gånger för att se att det verkligen var mitt kort! (Jag var långt ifrån bäst, i mitt eget tycke!)

Hursomhelst, lycklig är jag! Jag vann 2 hela set och därför är jag rädd att ni får se mer Paper Smooches på min blogg. Jag vet inte vad det är med Paper Smooches, men de är så roliga och får mig alltid att skratta när jag jobbar med dem!

SPARKS challenge June 11-17

Hi again, everyone!
Today I had to participate in Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge. You see, I have recently fallen pretty bad for Paper Smooches. It just started with me needing an aquarium set - and now I'm sunk!!!

Stuff used:
Stamps: Paper Smooches "Surf and Turf"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black
Colour: Copic
Cardstock: PTI stamper's select white
PTI dies: Negative space from seed packet frame 1, tag sale #5
Blue bling stones

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SWEDISH:
Hej igen!
Idag var jag tvungen att delta i  Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge. Det är så att jag har fallit ganska hårt för Paper Smooches. Det började med att jag behövde ett akvariumset - och nu har jag sjunkit totalt! (Hehe...)


Grejjer:
Stämplar: Paper Smooches "Surf and Turf"
Stämpeldyna: Memento Tuxedo black
Färgläggning: Copic
Cardstock: PTI stamper's select white
PTI dies: Negativ yta från seed packet frame 1, tag sale #5
Blå blingstenar